[hackerspaces] membres hogging space and a lot of tables

[Randall Arnold]

It's your space-hogging members who are actually being passive-aggressive here,
and infringing on those who are mindful.  Time for an intervention.  You tried
asking; now tell.

> On November 6, 2014 at 3:15 PM Florencia Edwards <floev22 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>     I'm with you dosman that the best way would be asking them. But we've been
> asking forever, and they hog more space now. They put all of their stuff there
> like really messy and complicated so you can't just grab it or order it. And
> every day of the month they sit in the same table, so they sort of reserve the
> spot putting things on there
> 
>     2014-11-06 18:11 GMT-03:00 dosman < dosman at packetsniffers.org
> <mailto:dosman at packetsniffers.org> >:
> 
>         > > Yuk, my suggestion is to avoid passive-aggressive maneuvers like
>         > > this. Rearranging your space just to fix a social problem invites
>         > > further travels down this path which ends in clean desk policies
>         > > and efficiency specialists assigning taped off places for each
>         > > item allowed on your desk (some sarcasm there in case it wasn't
>         > > detected). Seriously, just directly ask the space hogs to be more
>         > > mindful about how much space they use (tactfully of course). I'm
>         > > sure some times during the week are higher use than others, they
>         > > should be willing to accommodate during those times at the very
>         > > least. When the space is in less demand they can take up all the
>         > > free space if they like, otherwise be prepared to loose tables as
>         > > they are needed.
> > 
> >         -dosman
> > 
> >         On Nov 6, 2014, at 4:06 PM, Volatile Compound wrote:
> > 
> >         > Assigned workbenches / tables / desks / whatever for supporting
> >         > members. Don't push them together; it encourages territorial
> >         > expansion. Any of their crap not on, under, or over their
> >         > workspace is fair game for cannibalisation or being thrown out.
> >         >
> >         > Newcomers take their chances. If they can find somewhere to work
> >         > on something, great, but they should keep it portable (read: able
> >         > to be taken home except by prior arrangement).
> >         >
> >         > And enforcing all of this is key. Kind of like how a kid won't
> >         > believe that you really will take the vacuum to the Legos on the
> >         > floor until one of them ends up in the bag, pitching out projects
> >         > that have spread to every corner of the room won't be taken
> >         > seriously until it happens.
> >         >
> >         > - skroo.
> >         >
> >         > On Nov 6, 2014 12:49 PM, "Florencia Edwards" < floev22 at gmail.com
> >         > <mailto:floev22 at gmail.com> > wrote:
> >         > Hi everyone, we have this problem: some members tend to use a full
> >         > table for themselves, and they tend to need more and more square
> >         > feet for their stuff and hacks. But this means new comers have
> >         > less space. Do you have a technique for administrating this
> >         > better?
> >         >
> >         > Thanks
> >         >
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